Spate
[ spet ]
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n. 大量;发洪水，（河流）暴涨;大雨;
📝 例句
Rudolph ate silently, waiting for the spate of approval to die down.
鲁道夫默默地吃着，等着这阵赞扬的潮水退去。
a spate of new cars on the market
突然上市的一批新汽车
a spate of orders
一大批定货单
The river is in spate.
河水猛涨。
Refugees crossed the border in full spate.
难民大量地越过了边境。
🌱 联想助记
【记】spat-小口角,e-拼音“饿”:两个人发生小口角,互相喷吐沫,喷的都饿了,说明喷得比较狠,形成洪水
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
spate
n
1 [sing] sudden fast rush (of business, etc) （生意等的）突然增多
a spate of orders 突如其来的一大批订货单
a spate of new cars on the market 突然上市的一批新汽车
a spate of (cases of) influenza in the winter 冬天的一阵流感.
2 (idm 习语) in `spate (of a river, etc) flowing strongly at a much higher level than normal （指河水等）高涨
After the storm all the rivers were in spate. 暴雨过後河水都上涨了.
🔁 扩展释义
*[speit]n. 泛滥, 洪水, 大雨, 大量, 一阵
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No, I won't agree! don't waste your breath.
不。 我不会同意的。 别跟我这儿费口舌。
You make the failure complete when you stop strying.
不再努力之时，就是完全失败之日。
The great racing driver, Sir Malcolm Campbell, was the first man to drive at over 300 miles per hour.
杰出的赛车选手马尔科姆。坎贝尔爵士是第一个以每小时超过300英里的速度驾车的人。